Research Management

The research and technology development programs of BRRI are executed by 18 research divisions at BRRI HQ and 9 regional stations. Multi-disciplinary, problem orientated annual research programs are developed and executed by involving all level of scientists of BRRI HQ and Regional Stations. Research at BRRI is organized in seven program areas. Each program area is composed of one or more research divisions called the program performing units (PPU). The program areas and the component research divisions are:

Annual research programs are developed and finalized under three steps:

1. Intra divisional participation of scientists under the leadership of the divisional head. 

2. Program area meeting with program performing unit i.e. research division under the leadership of the program area. 

3. Program committee meeting to review and finalize the annual research program. The program committee for a program area includes heads of all its program performing units and heads of several other research divisions under the chairmanship of Director Research.

 After finalization, the research programs are executed by the program performing units at HQ and as well as at Regional Stations.

The programs approved for execution are monitored by the concern heads of the divisions as well as the director (Research) and the Director General. Thereafter results of the executed programs are presented in the Annual Internal Review meeting, where all the scientist of BRRI and also expert members from other institutions take part as a final evaluation process

Director Research is the chief coordinator of all research activities of the institute assisted by a Coordinator for Advance Studies and Research (CASR)